Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-09
INTERSTATE DRILL.
The Second Day Of the Paris Inter-
State Drill and Jubilee Attracts
an Immense Crowd.
The Sealy Rifles and Waco Light InTRn-
try are the First Companies to
Compete for the Prize.
Race for First Place Practically Between
Galveston and San Antonio, With
Chances FaVOr1ng the Latter.

Galveston and San Antonio, With
Chances FaVOrlng the Latter.
Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, TEX, June 8.-The second day
of the great Interstate drill and jubilee
opened most auspiciously. There were
some slight indications of rain in the
early morning, which, however, soon
passed of and gave promise of a bright
and pleasant day. The soldiers were up
betimes and stirring around in their gay
uniforms and the shrill tattoo of bugles
sounded shriIIy upon the clear atmos-
phere. A refreshing breeze sprung up
and scsmpered across the broad prairies
cooling the vast throng of plessure-seek-
ers, who were early congregated on the
grounds. The usual number of stands,
booths and itinerant vendors of every con-
Ceivable thing on earth were in attend
ance and piled their vocation with Zest
and vigor.
GENERAL ORDERS.
The center of attraction, of course,
was the military headquarters. The gen
eral orders issued by Colonel A. j. Hous-
ton, commanding, are strict and are
being enforced to the letter. The orders
were read and are as follows
HEADQUARTERS CAMP Ross, June :, 1857.
General orders, No. l:
l In pursuance of special orders, No. 1O7, G.
t., Adjutant Generals Office, state of Texas,
hereby assume command of the military camp
established near Paris Tex, on this day
,. Second Lieutenant j z. Fresenius, Fourth
Texas infantry, is hereby appointed post acIH-
tant.
3 Until further orders the following service
calls Will be sounded daily IN this camp, viz:
MORNING.
Assembly of trumpeters for reyeile 5;45
Reveille SOB.
Assembly five minutes after
Mess Immediately after.
Stable twenty i've minutes after
Sick 1900.
Guard mounting-assembly Of trumpeters
$40
Assembly guard details SD.
Watering.
First sergeants II 80
Mess, noon,
AFTERNOON.
Watering and stable.
Assembly of trumpcters for retreat fifteen
minutes before sunset 10.
Assembly and retreat, sunset, $50.
Assembly of Iumpeters for tattoo 5 40.
Tattoo $780,
Assembly 9:0j.
EXtinguish lights $3.50.
Dress parade, first call 6:lj
Assembly ten minutes later.
Adjntants call $50.
(Slgned) a j. HOUSTON.
Colonel commanding Fourth Texas infantry.
The exercises at Camp Ross to-day con-
sisted OF prize shooting matches by the
representatives Of the various gun clubs
throughout the state; half mile race Tor
purse of $500, which was won by Red
Buck, the wonder of North Texas; sn
exhibition drill by the Sam Houston
division Knights of Pythias, in which
nearly ell the San Antonio Knights of
Pythias participated; competitive drill,
dress parade by all the troops and light
battery drill.
The Sealy Rifles of Galveston, Captain
Boyd, was the first company TO enter
the ground laid for competitive drilling. |
The company marched on the ground in
splendid style calculated to strike terror
to the hearts of their competitors who |
were to follow. The Island City lads |
passed through the trying ordeal of an |
exceedingly rigid inspection by Lieuten- |
ants Cushmsn and Rumbaugh in spIpn- |
did manner, though it is thought the
actual inspection revealed many defective !
points in the company, such as cleanliness
of piece. After the inspection, which con-
programme was taken up. The first part |
of the programme comprehended almost
the entire manual of arms. By the num-
bers great many individual errors were
committed, though no company or
captains errors were against them.
After finishing the manual by the num-
bers, the same commands were executed !
without the numbers, which undoubtedly
N Col
tonians what they had previously lost.
The field movements called for by the
were all simple and uncom-
plicated, there being but few evolutions
in double rank. The captain, however,
did his company grave injury in requiring
them to execute extra movements in
order to carry out the programme. The
marching Of the Sealys was smooth and
even, but the step partakes too much of
the Zouave character in point of rapidly,
they apparently taking at least 150 steps
per minute. This drill on the whole
was very good, and Just such
sn one calculated to elicit vociferous
applause from the grand stand, but in
the expressed opinion Of q number of
Judges it was by no means a
prize winner. If the Seslvs would pay
more attention to Upton's tactics and
less to cadence of motion they would
drill ten-fold better.
The Waco Light Infantry, Captain
Baker, was the only other company drill
this evening. This company as ct pres
ent constituted, is young, but quite Wig
orous when it comes to handling guns
and marching. The Cottonville young
men committed so many errors, ind1-
vidual, company AID captain, that their nu-
merous friends are spprehensive that they
will take Very poor stand on the day of
prize awarding. The Wacoites are true
friends and backers of the San Antonio
boys. They planked down $3.50 just be-
fore the Sealys drilled that the San An
tonic Rifles would beat them.
The race for first place is practically
between Galveston and San Antonio with
the chances ct present writing largely in
favor of the latter. The San Antonio is
the fifth and last company to drill, and
will probably not appear within the limits
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